Trial Run On Hogs Is Tossed Out
Washington AP Senate agriculture subcommittee formally dropped an administration proposal for a hog trial run under Brannan farm plan. House coalition rejected subsidy approach, arguing the plan flawed. leadership expected two-year, limited commodity trials instead.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Brannan
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate Subcommittee
Rep. Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Guard Called Out in Florida Racial Strife
National guardsmen protecting the Negro district near Groveland, Florida withdrew after anight of terror as an armed white mob burned three Negro houses. Guardsmen had been bivouacked nearby for protection amid threats of further violence following an assault report. Sheriff McCall sought help from Gov. Fuller Warren as violence spiked with rioting, arson, and a Ku Klux Klan motorcade planned.
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Jimmy Herlong
Herlong
W. V. McCall
Fuller Warren
McCall
Gov. Warren
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Wind fire destroys Heppner grain facilities
A strong wind swept through Heppner Oregon destroying grain elevators and warehouses costing an estimated 800000 dollars. Local fire crews battled the blaze overnight and limited damage to surrounding structures was reported.
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Heppner, Ore
Oregon
Murphy Vacancy Selection Tough
The death of Justice Murphy opens the way for President Truman to name his third supreme court appointee. Speculation centers on a Catholic successor with names like Robert P. Patterson and Sen. O Mahoney and aims to continue Murphy’s protection of the poor and minorities. Burton and Vinson are already on the court.
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Murphy
Truman
Supreme Court
Robert P. Patterson
New York
Sen
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Fair Deal
High Court
Vinson
Burton
Bevin to take 14 day health rest then European talks
Foreign Secretary Bevin will depart this weekend for a 14 day rest at a continental health resort on medical advice. After rest he will attend the opening session of the new Council of Europe in Strasbourg in August. Sir Stafford Cripps also left for Zurich for stomach ailment treatment.
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Foreign Office
Bevin
Strasbourg
Council of Europe
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Zurich
Switzerland
Grinnell Police Chief Resigns After 15 Years of Service
Grinnell police chief Glen Bell announces his resignation effective August 15 to pursue other work after serving as chief since 1941.
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Grinnell
Glen Bell
Report of Armed Robbery at Hotel Proved a Hoax
Cedar Rapids detectives traced a reported armed robbery at the Plaza hotel to an admitted hoax. Night clerk Mrs. Carl Schmickle claimed a heavy-set red haired man with a gun demanded money and fled with 16 dollars from the 21914 First Street SE hotel, but after questioning she confessed the tale was false.
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Cedar Rapids
Plaza Hotel
Carl Schmickle
First Street
Stimson Pleads For Ratification Of Atlantic Pact
Former Secretary of War Henry L Stimson warned Tuesday that Senate rejection or amendments to the North Atlantic pact would be a disastrous repudiation of American peace efforts He expressed concern the pact faces opposition and said it remains the touchstone of the United States resolve to pursue peace with freedom He sent telegrams to Republican Senators Ives and Dulles outlining his view.
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Washington
INS
Henry L. Stimson
Senate
Stimson
Ives and Dulles
N.Y
Freeom
Dennis Gets 18 Years to Life
White Plains New York Gerard Dennis 29 a handsome society burglar pled guilty to seven counts for a 600000 dollar chain of burglaries from New York to Hollywood. Judge Elbert T. Gallagher sentenced him to 18 years to life on each count with sentences to run concurrently.
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White Plains
N. Y
Handsome Society
Gerard Dennis
Dennis
New York
Hollywood
Elbert T. Gallagher
Jurist Frank Murphy of high court dies at 59
Detroit AP reports Justice Frank Murphy died of a heart attack at Henry Ford Hospital at age 59. Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1940, he had been ill about a week. Murphy’s career spanned Detroit judgeship, Philippines governor general, Philippine high commissioner, Michigan governor, US attorney general, and Supreme Court justice. He championed democracy and was known for dissenting opinions and a soft spoken, yet forceful, presence.
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Frank Murphy
U. S. Supreme Court
Murphy
Detroit
Philippines
Michigan
U.S
High Tribunal
United States Supreme Court
Henry Ford
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
New York
Hyde Park
Louisiana
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
High Court
Diet of Rocks Sends Dachshund to Medics
A dachshund pup helping excavators during home construction swallowed rocks. Veterinarians extracted 498 rock pieces weighing about two pounds from the dog’s stomach. They expect a full recovery for the pet owned by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Meadows in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
William H. Meadows
Mike McGuire Dies at 90 Navy Police Veteran Remembered
Mike McGuire, age 90, Cedar Rapids oldest police department veteran, died Monday night at Mercy Hospital. He retired as a detective Aug. 1, 1933 after 43 years of service, began with the force in 1890, and once chased gunmen for seven miles in rain to capture them. He is survived by a son in Cedar Rapids and a daughter in Des Moines. Funeral services set for Thursday at 9 a.m. in St Patrick's Church, with burial at Mt Calvary cemetery. Friends may visit Teahen chapel after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Rosary Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mike McGuire
Mercy Hospital
McGuire
Louis Fine
Ellis Park
William J
Joseph Fieslen
Des Moines
James
John
Dixon, Ill
Mary McGuire
Rockford
Ill
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J.lenihan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Friends
Teahen Chapel
Truman says war not inevitable amid rising Soviet tensions
President Truman told Shrine leaders in Chicago that world communism faces collapse if it forces other nations and warned against slashing European recovery funds. He urged Senate ratification of the North Atlantic Pact and stressed linking domestic policy to global peace. He noted ruptured wartime ties and urged continued dialogue to avoid misunderstanding.
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Truman
Senate
Shriners Parade Draws 15000 Through Chicago Festivities
More than 15,000 Shriners marched along Michigan Avenue to Soldier Field for a five hour parade featuring bands, drills, and ornate floats. About 45,000 others gathered at the stadium for the diamond jubilee convention to hear President Truman outline foreign policy. The procession was led by Joseph Downey, Galloway Calhoun, and Harold Lloyd who is set to succeed Calhoun.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
Truman
Michigan Avenue
Joseph Downey
Galloway Calhoun
Harold Lloyd
Calhoun
Vampire Slayer Doomed To Hang
LEWES England AP John George Haigh 39 confessed vampire slayer of nine was condemned to death on the gallows. A jury of 11 deliberated 15 minutes before convicting the handsome businessman of killing Mrs Oliver Durand-Deacon February 18 drinking a glass of her blood and destroying her body in a barrel of acid. Haigh pled for a verdict of guilty of the acts charged but insane at the time.
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Lewes
England
John George Haigh
Oliver Durand-Deacon
Haigh
Peeping Suspicion At Seattle Home Prompt Sheriff Visit
Daphne Tighey reported a possible peeping incident prompting a sheriff response. Deputies found a worn path across the lawn from the sidewalk to her bedroom window indicating possible intrusion or prowling.
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Seattle
Daphne Tighey
Daphne
No Flagstad Opera Season Thunder Looms in Frisco
San Francisco Opera Association directors threaten to cancel the 1949 season if soprano Kirsten Flagstad is barred from the War Memorial Opera House. Trustees banned her four Wagnerian appearances over wartime demonstrations, despite Flagstad’s postwar clearing by Norway Britain and the US State Department. The decision risks ending the season after decades of continuous opera.
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Kirsten Flagstad
San Francisco Opera Association
War Memorial Opera House
Opera House
Miss Flagstad
Germany
Norway
Henry Johansen
Britain
United States State Department
Kenneth Monteagle
The
Opera Association
Chuckle Cartoons Prompt Cold Night Banter
A playful Chuckle caption from Kreolite News riffs on a cold night joke about sleeping together and chattering teeth. The gag centers on a couple bantering over warmth and comfort in a humorous exchange.
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